A Day Can Be A Lifetime

A DAY CAN BE A LIFETIME

 

When you are young a day can be a lifetime and a year can be an eternity as many people will know themselves until they become older, and then time will become just a fleeting moment, and the years will pass by faster and faster.

 

 

Often you will find the more older student of the martial arts more readily excepting the fact that the study and practice of the martial arts is something of a life-long endeavour but for the more younger student and child learning the martial arts 'a single year' will feel like a lifetime. For this reason in the main many martial art schools will face the problem of motivating the younger members of the class.

Some clubs in an effort to motivate the younger student and to encourage standards will award merit badges or certificates as a way of giving them a goal to aim for and will also conduct special training courses separate from the main regular classes but all these measures may not work for those who have simply lost interest in the practice of the combat arts.

 

Reminding students to think back to how it all began for them and having them remember what it was that made them take up the martial arts in the first place is all that it takes to motivate them to carry on, but in some cases, the problem could be to do with the condition that some would call 'burnout'.

 

A common condition within athletics and other sporting activities 'burnout' is when both the body and the mind need a full rest from the routine of training for, in some cases, a year or more.

 

This condition is often overlooked as being un-important but if not recognised and acted upon in the early stages then the person could very rapidly become short tempered, aggressive and having problems sleeping.

 

This situation is not just limited to the class student but also the class teacher who will often have certain extra burdens placed upon their shoulders over a long period of time.

 

It is at times like this that finding ways to encourage and motivate someone to reach a higher level of skill is not a wise course of action but instead the need to encourage rest and a full change of routine is key.